| NOUN | plant | hellebore, false hellebore | perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes |
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| plant | hellebore | any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus |
| Meaning | perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes. | |
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| Synonym | false hellebore | |
| Member of | Veratrum, genus Veratrum | A genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs |
| Narrower | white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane, Veratrum viride | North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Meaning | Any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus. | |
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| Member of | Helleborus, genus Helleborus | A genus of Helleborus |
| Narrower | Christmas rose, winter rose, black hellebore, Helleborus niger | European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers |
| green hellebore, Helleborus viridis | deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers | |
| lenten rose, black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis | slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green | |
| stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus | digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally | |
| Broader | poisonous plant | A plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism |
| Spanish | eléboro, helleborus | |
| Catalan | el·lèbor | |
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